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Toyotomi Hideyoshi

1536 - 1598

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Toyotomi Hideyoshi (豊臣 秀吉; Japanese pronunciation: [to.jo.to.mʲi (|) çi.de(ꜜ).jo.ɕi], 27 March 1537 – 18 September 1598), otherwise known as Kinoshita Tōkichirō (木下 藤吉郎) and Hashiba Hideyoshi (羽柴 秀吉), was a Japanese samurai and daimyō (feudal lord) of the late Sengoku and Azuchi-Momoyama periods and regarded as the second "Great Unifier" of Japan. Although he came from a peasant background, his immense power earned him the rank and title of Kampaku (関白, Imperial Regent) and Daijō-daijin (太政大臣, Chancellor of the Realm), the highest official position and title in the nobility class. He was the first person in history to become a Kampaku who was not born a noble. He then passed the position and title of Kampaku to his nephew, Toyotomi Hidetsugu. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Toyotomi Hideyoshi is the 320th most popular politician (up from 384th in 2019), the 12th most popular biography from Japan (up from 14th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Japanese Politician.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi was a Japanese samurai and politician of the Sengoku period who is most famous for his conquest of Korea, his unsuccessful invasion of Ming China, and his role in the unification of Japan.

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Among politicians, Toyotomi Hideyoshi ranks 320 out of 19,576. Before him are Batu Khan, Alp Arslan, Christian X of Denmark, Gaiseric, Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, and Barack Obama. After him are Syngman Rhee, Leo I the Thracian, Theodoric the Great, Salvador Allende, Sukarno, and Macrinus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1536, Toyotomi Hideyoshi ranks 2. Before him is Pope Clement VIII. After him are Jeremias II of Constantinople, Yi I, Ashikaga Yoshiteru, Johann VI, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg, Lord Guildford Dudley, Piotr Skarga, Joachim Ernest, Prince of Anhalt, Lucia Anguissola, Ignazio Danti, and Leonardo Donato. Among people deceased in 1598, Toyotomi Hideyoshi ranks 2. Before him is Philip II of Spain. After him are Yi Sun-sin, Feodor I of Russia, Abraham Ortelius, Anne of Austria, Queen of Poland, John George, Elector of Brandenburg, William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, Paolo Boi, Abdullah Khan II, Theodor de Bry, and Henri Estienne.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Toyotomi Hideyoshi ranks 12 out of 6,245. Before him are Oda Nobunaga (1534), Akira Kurosawa (1910), Tokugawa Ieyasu (1542), Emperor Meiji (1852), Miyamoto Musashi (1584), and Naruhito (1960). After him are Haruki Murakami (1949), Yukio Mishima (1925), Yasunari Kawabata (1899), Hideki Tojo (1884), Emperor Taishō (1879), and Murasaki Shikibu (973).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Toyotomi Hideyoshi ranks 3. Before him are Hirohito (1901), and Emperor Meiji (1852). After him are Hideki Tojo (1884), Shinzō Abe (1954), Emperor Jimmu (-711), Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi (1894), Lee Myung-bak (1941), Emperor Kōmei (1831), Jiroemon Kimura (1897), Itō Hirobumi (1841), and Sasaki Kojirō (1583).

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